Complex Quotes
1613 quotes by 1299 authors
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Each of us is leading a difficult life, and when we meet people we are seeing only a tiny part of the thinnest veneer of…
— Derren Brown
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There is so much that glows in the circus, from flames to lanterns to stars. I have heard the expression “trick of the light†applied…
— Erin Morgenstern
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...a taste so profound and complex that it can't even be compared to other tastes, only to emotions. Cheesy waffles, I was thinking, tastes like…
— John Green
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It reveals that people are confusing." Rovender corrected her. "Not Confusing. Complex.
— Tony DiTerlizzi
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What I learned is that it's arrogant to be certain of anything. The world is a complex place and only idiots or assholes think they…
— Lisa Gardner
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What is the point of trying to put down on paper emotions that are too complex, too huge, too overwhelming to be confined by an…
— Jodi Picoult
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Part of the human condition is that we all think that we are uniquely complex while everyone else is somewhat simpler to read. That is…
— Harlan Coben
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He's complicated and complex, a labyrinth I want to lose myself in. He's my fighter, and I really want to fight to be with him.
— Katy Evans
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Imagine a life-form whose brainpower is to ours as ours is to a chimpanzee’s. To such a species, our highest mental achievements would be trivial.…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Everyone is a little bitter. We're born bitter. The personality itself is really just a very complex defense mechanism. A reaction to the first time…
— Marc Maron
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Isn’t this enough? Just this world? Just this beautiful, complex wonderfully unfathomable world? How does it so fail to hold our attention that we have…
— Tim Minchin
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Life is choice. All day, everyday. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our lives become defined…
— Louise Penny
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If your ego is hurt you may become angry. Understand that ego itself is a disease. Dissolve your ego as far as possible. If you…
— Rajneesh
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Anger is a fuel. You need fuel to launch a rocket. But if all you have is fuel without any complex internal mechanism directing it,…
— Stanley Bing
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My belief is that if you grapple with the big changes until you really get them and if you develop an internal compass to steer…
— James Murdoch
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The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons against the most…
— Howard Zinn
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There is no such thing as an age for love ... because the man capable of loving - in the complex and modern sense of…
— Paul Bourget
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Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules too complex, there's some sort of musical explosion.
— Slash
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It may seem sometimes as if a culture of peace does not stand a chance against the culture of war, the culture of violence and…
— Kofi Annan
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It would be naïve to think that peace and justice can be achieved easily. No set of rules or study of history will automatically resolve…
— Jimmy Carter
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